PROVO — An Orem man accused of crashing his car in Provo Canyon, resulting in the death of his passenger, is now facing criminal charges.

Zachary Alan Ingalls, 32, was charged Monday in 4th District Court with negligently operating a vehicle resulting in death, a second-degree felony; and obstruction of justice, a third-degree felony.

About 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 1, Ingalls flagged down another driver and said he needed an ambulance.

“I rolled my truck off the road,” he told the driver, while also stating “that his ‘buddy’ was in the vehicle and couldn’t be awakened,” according to charging documents.

Police responded to Kyhv Peak Road and located a vehicle “upside down in a field some distance from the roadway. The body of (25-year-old Kortnie Benson Barajas ), deceased, was in the w

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